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Tennessee punter Britton Colquitt entered a guilty plea to a first-offense driving under the influence charge Monday at Session Court in Knoxville.
He was sentenced to 11 months, 29 days of probation. In addition he must serve 24 hours of jail time. He is credited with already serving 10 hours and will serve the remainder at 10 a.m. Friday. Also, he must pick up litter for 24 hours and pay a $350 fine plus court costs. His driver's license was suspended for a year.
The rising senior was facing charges of driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident after hitting a parked car and fleeing in a Feb. 17 incident near Jackson Avenue, according to police reports.
Colquitt was arrested about a mile from the incident. According to the report, Colquitt admitted to having two beers, three mixed drinks and hitting a parked Ford Focus as well as a tree stump.
He subsequently lost his scholarship to UT and was suspended for the first five games of the 2008 season. It was his fifth alcohol-related incident since arriving on campus in 2003.
The hearing was postponed several time, the latest on June 25.
Punter Chad Cunningham is likely to start for UT's season opener at UCLA on Sept. 1.
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